Chords for Ella Langley ft Willie Nelson | TEXAS DON'T ASK | music video 2026

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_ _ _ _ [G] [Cm] I first crossed into [F] Texas in a [Bb] Ford that [Gm] barely ran _ _
[C] _ [Gm] With a guitar in the [Cm] backseat and the back [F] _ _ [D] 11 grand _ _
[Gm] The sign said drive friendly so [Cm] I waved at every car
[F] Made it down to Austin [Dm] where I found my first guitar bar
That was 1960-something, Lord [Cm] I can't recall the year
[F] But I remember thinking, [D] boy, the sky is different [G] here
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I grew up where the panhandle [Cm] meets the dust and nothing else
[F] I learned to drive on dirt roads, [Gm] learned to drink by myself
Friday nights in love [Cm] with the windows rolling down
[F] Blasting songs from outlaws who [D] once owned this kind of town
[Cm] Mama said, girl, Texas makes [Gm] you tough or makes you lean
I'm [Eb] still here, still standing, still [D] got red dirt on my sleeve
[Gm] Texas don't ask where you've been, [Cm] Texas don't care where you're going
It [F] just gives you the road and the room [Gm] and a reason to keep on rolling
From the antelope to the gulf and back [Cm] again
_ Every [F] mile feels like an old familiar [Gm] friend
I've looked a lot [Cm] of places, but none of them [Gm] close
Texas [F] ain't just where we're [D] from, it's the thing we [G] love the [Gm] most
I _ _ _ _ wrote a song in Lug and Back [Cm] with nothing but the breeze
[F] And a bottle of Lone Star that [Gm] was sweating on my knees
Waylon was beside me, [Cm] well, at least he was in spirit
[F] And every word that came felt like [Gm] Texas road and cleared it
The dance halls and the dirt roads, [Cm] the churches and the bars
[F] This state don't pick your poison, [Gm] it just hands you all the jobs
I sang my first song at a Texaco [Cm] in Avalon _
[F] Sixteen with a fake ID [Gm] and someone else's dream
The roughnecks at the counter [Cm] threw a five into my case
[F] One of them said, honey, [Gm] you got Texas on your face
[Cm] I didn't know what he meant then, [Gm] but I do now looking back
[Eb] It's that thing behind your eyes that says [D] you ain't the quitting kind _
[Gm] Texas don't ask where you've [Cm] been, Texas don't care where you're [F] going
It just gives you the road and the room [Gm] and a reason to keep on rolling
From the Yano to the gulf and [Cm] back again _
[F] Every mile feels like an old [Gm] familiar friend
I've loved [Cm] a lot of places, but none [Gm] of them close _ _
[F] Texas ain't just where we're [D] from, it's the thing we love [G] the most
You know, I've played every state in this country, _ some of them twice
But [Dm] when the bus crosses the Texas [G] line, something in my chest just [Cm] settles
[Eb] Like the land [D] itself is saying, _ welcome home, old man
[Gm] And me, I left for Nashville, [Cm] thinking bigger meant better
[F] But every song I wrote just [Gm] sounded like a Texas letter
So I came back to the dust and the [Cm] heat and the stars
[F] Cause you can take the girl from Texas, but her songs [D] will always know where they are
[Gm]
Texas don't ask where you've been, [Cm] Texas don't care where you're [F] going
It just gives you the road and the room and a [Gm] reason to keep on rolling
From the Yano to the gulf and back [Cm] again
_ Every [F] mile feels like an old familiar [Gm] friend
I've loved a lot of [Cm] places, but none of [Gm] them close _
[F] Texas ain't just where we're [D] from, it's the thing we [G] love the most
[Gm] _ _ [Cm] _ It's the thing we [Gm] love the most _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] Always was
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[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [D] _
Always was
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